Download or read book Sharing Recovery The Serenity Connection Collection II written by Nar-Anon Family Groups, Inc. and published by Nar-Anon Family Groups, Inc.. This book was released on 2023-05-31 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the second book in the series Sharing Recovery collection of writing from the Nar-Anon newsletter.

Download or read book Sharing Recovery The Serenity Connection Collection written by Nar-Anon Family Groups, Inc. and published by Nar-Anon Family Groups, Inc.. This book was released on 2015-11-24 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of writings from the Serenity Connection Newsletter.

Download or read book Courage to Change One Day at a Time in Al Anon II written by Al-Anon Family Groups and published by Al-Anon Family Groups Inc.. This book was released on 2018-08-01 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More daily inspiration from a fresh, diverse perspective. Insightful reflections reveal surprisingly simple things that can transform lives.

Download or read book Magic of Sponsorship written by Nar-Anon FGH, Inc. and published by Nar-Anon Family Groups, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-01-03 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This booklet offers insight into the special relationship we call sponsorship.

Download or read book Sharing Experience Strength Hope SESH written by Nar-Anon Family Groups and published by Nar-Anon Family Groups, Inc.. This book was released on 2009-06-09 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nar-Anon members share their experience, strength and hope in writing. This daily reader carries the message of Nar-Anon recovery to those who suffer the effects of another’s addiction. The Nar-Anon Family Groups are a worldwide fellowship for those affected by someone else’s addiction. As a Twelve-Step Program, we offer our help by sharing our experience, strength, and hope.

Download or read book Living Clean The Journey Continues written by Fellowship of Narcotics Anonymous and published by NA World Services Inc. This book was released on with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Twelve Steps and the Sacraments written by Scott Weeman and published by Ave Maria Press. This book was released on 2017-11-10 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of a 2018 Catholic Press Association Award: Sacraments. (Second Place). In the first book to directly integrate the Twelve Steps with the practice of Catholicism, Scott Weeman, founder and director of Catholic in Recovery, pairs his personal story with compassionate straight talk to show Catholics how to bridge the commonly felt gap between the Higher Power of twelve-step programs and the merciful God that he rediscovered in the heart of the sacraments. Weeman entered sobriety from alcohol and drugs on October 10, 2011, and he's made it his full-time ministry to help others who struggle with various types of addiction to find spiritual wholeness through Catholic in Recovery, an organization he founded and directs. In The Twelve Steps and the Sacraments, Weeman candidly tackles the struggle he and other addicts have with getting to know intimately the unnamed Higher Power of recovery. He shares stories of his compulsion to find a personal relationship with God and how his tentative steps back to the Catholic Church opened new doors of healing and brought him surprising joy as he came to know Christ in the sacraments. Catholics in recovery and those moving toward it, as well as the people who love them will recognize Weeman's story and his spiritual struggle to personally encounter God. He tells us how: Baptism helps you admit powerlessness over an unmanageable problem, face your desperate need for God, and choose to believe in and submit to God’s mercy. Reconciliation affirms and strengthens the hard work of examining your life, admitting wrongs, and making amends. The Eucharist provides ongoing sustenance and draws you to the healing power of Christ. The graces of Confirmation strengthen each person to keep moving forward and to share the good news of recovery and new life in Christ. Weeman's words are boldly challenging and brimming with compassion and through them you will discover inspiration, hope, sage advice, and refreshingly practical help.

Download or read book The Serenity Prayer Book written by William V. Pietsch and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1992-10-09 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GOD grant me the SERENITY to accept the things I cannot change, COURAGE to change the things I can, and WISDOM to know the difference. “A balanced and thoughtfully incisive exposition of the subtle wisdom conceale

Download or read book Loving At the Edge Recovery Emerging written by Suzanne L. Noel, CFT and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Alcoholics Anonymous written by Bill W. and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-09-04 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 75th anniversary e-book version of the most important and practical self-help book ever written, Alcoholics Anonymous. Here is a special deluxe edition of a book that has changed millions of lives and launched the modern recovery movement: Alcoholics Anonymous. This edition not only reproduces the original 1939 text of Alcoholics Anonymous, but as a special bonus features the complete 1941 Saturday Evening Post article “Alcoholics Anonymous” by journalist Jack Alexander, which, at the time, did as much as the book itself to introduce millions of seekers to AA’s program. Alcoholics Anonymous has touched and transformed myriad lives, and finally appears in a volume that honors its posterity and impact.

Download or read book Addiction is Addiction Workbook written by Sue Newton and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2018-04-11 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addiction is a primary, chronic brain disease. Primary means that it is not caused by anything else and chronic means that it lasts a lifetime. Genetic factors account for more than half the likelihood that an individual will develop Addiction but environment also plays a significant role in its expression. Our goal in writing this workbook is to help you appreciate the principles discussed in our book, Addiction is Addiction, and to expand your awareness and provide clarity about how the disease has been affecting you and others around you. It is helpful, although not necessary to have read Addiction is Addiction prior to starting this workbook. This resource has been designed for those who have read our previous book and those who have not. The title Addiction is Addiction highlights that whether a person’s problem is with substances or behaviors such as food, gambling, sex and love, these are all manifestations of the same disease and are not mutually exclusive.

Download or read book Peace a Day at a Time written by Karen Casey and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2011-04-06 with total page 738 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A daily devotional aims to bring a calming effect to people's lives through 365 different meditations.

Download or read book Tweak written by Nic Sheff and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-12-11 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NOW A MAJOR FILM, STARRING STEVE CARELL AND BAFTA AND GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATED TIMOTHEE CHALAMET ‘It was like being in a car with the gas pedal slammed down to the floor and nothing to do but hold on and pretend to have some semblance of control. But control was something I'd lost a long time ago.’ Nic Sheff was drunk for the first time at age 11. In the years that followed, he would regularly smoke pot, do cocaine and ecstasy, and develop addictions to crystal meth and heroin. Even so, he felt like he would always be able to quit and put his life together whenever he needed to. It took a violent relapse one summer to convince him otherwise. In a voice that is raw and honest, Nic spares no detail in telling us the compelling true story of his relapse and the road to recovery. He paints an extraordinary picture for us of a person at odds with his past, with his family, with his substances, and with himself. Tweak is a raw, harrowing, and ultimately hopeful tale of the road from relapse to recovery and complements his father’s parallel memoir, Beautiful Boy. Praise for Nic Sheff:- ‘Difficult to read and impossible to put down.’Chicago Tribune 'Nic Sheff's wrenching tale is told with electrifying honesty and insight.' Armistead Maupin

Download or read book Soul Recovery written by Ester Nicholson and published by Agape Media International Llc. This book was released on 2013 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ester Nicholson's foundational process that she's termed Soul Recovery unlocks the code of dependence as it manifests in substance, relationship and behaviorial addictions, among others. As you're guided through a 12-week process of study and practice, the author courageously shares her inspiring journey that has ultimately led to a new life of wholeness, fearlessness and power. Using examples and daily practices, she reveals the 12 keys that saved her life and the spiritual technology that will bring you serenity and carry you to your dreams. The Soul Recovery process works deeply with life paradigms and practices to create a soul-centred awareness that's so profound that disease; addictions; and everyday problems related to attachments, expectations and limiting beliefs are dissolved in the face of it. A fascinating read, Soul Recovery tells the gritty story of a recovering substance abuser who rose to great career heights while falling into a personal abyss, only to find her way back with newfound glory and purpose. Its powerful lessons and practical, easy-to-use exercises can be used by people of all ages and from all walks of life.

Download or read book A Year of Days written by William Flynn and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Year of Days offers a compelling and powerfully different perspective from the more traditional daily meditation and devotional format. Rooted in deep personal experience and real life insight, each day's writing allows the reader to more fully identify with how the process of recovery can overcome the harsh reality of addiction. Written by someone who has experienced the full measure of the ups and downs of life in both addiction and recovery, this book brings clarity and hope to the practice of recovery. It demonstrates practical approaches in a way that resonates and connects the meaningful action and work of recovery to people who have survived the crushing isolation that is addiction. A Year of Days has grown to become a worldwide community through its popular Facebook page. www.facebook.com/ayearofdays/ The author William Flynn has a unique ability to translate and share a deep insight and understanding of the process of addiction recovery. His writing is popular with those in recovery and family members alike. Learn more at www.ayearofdays.org. Sample Day: JULY 4 When I look back at my youthful days of drinking and drugging there is a laughable irony that I can see today. I can remember wanting to make sure I wasn't a "normie', someone afraid to have fun and take risks, and I was confidently assured in my choice of a lifestyle that was open and free from the constraints and rules of old fashioned society. I didn't want to subject myself to the ideas of living a simple life, doing things slowly, and carefully adhering to restrictive ideas and beliefs. I wanted to be free of the stifling ways of the past. The irony of course is that ultimately I became a prisoner of my own addiction-never wanting to look at myself while busily beating the drums of another person's messages about life. I never learned how to find my own path in life because of the delusion of addiction. I had a lot of rhetorical catch phrases about how to live life-lyrics from songs and slogans from posters-but nothing that really connected in a meaningful way to any true measure of self-discovery or my own values or beliefs. I was trapped in a culture of excess and consumption that fed a self-absorbed need for inebriation and partying. For all my claims of freedom from the clutches of normalcy I became more of a prisoner without even knowing it. There are few incarcerations more profound than one in which we are trapped without even knowing it. Trapped by an addiction that was slowly taking everything I had in life, it kept me deceived and deluded as I willingly sank further into its clutches. In recovery I have found the freedom from the guilt, shame, and hidden issues of my past. Freedom to be able to learn how to like the man I am today and shape how I continue to grow in the future. Freedom to look any man in the eye and be clear about who I am without having to boast, mislead or deceive. I am free from the lies I constantly told myself and others. It has taken hope, faith, courage and willingness to open the door to who I really am and I was afraid of what I would find. Opening that door has allowed me the chance to change, grow, and become free, at first from addiction and alcoholism, and then at last free from the bondage of self. Other single line quotes: "The longer I stay sober the sicker I was when I arrived in recovery." (July 24) "The language of spirituality is love and I couldn't begin to speak it, share it, and live it with others until I learned how to love myself-even just a little." (August 13) "At first in recovery I wanted so much to quickly "get my life back" without really understanding that what was in fact happening was that I was getting a new life." (August 21) "Addiction isolated me from the team sport that is life." (September 15)

Download or read book Sane written by Marya Hornbacher and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-08-10 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marya Hornbacher, author of the international best-sellers Madness and Wasted, offers an enlightening examination of the Twelve Steps for those with co-occurring addiction and mental health disorders. In this beautifully written recovery handbook, New York Times best-selling author Marya Hornbacher applies the wisdom earned from her struggle with a severe mental illness and addiction to offer an honest and illuminating examination of the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous for those with co-occurring addiction and mental health disorders. Relaying her recovery experiences, and those of the people with whom she has shared her journey, Hornbacher guides readers through the maze of special issues that make working each Step a unique challenge for those with co-occurring disorders. She addresses the difficulty that many with a mental illness have with finding support in a recovery program that often discourages talk about emotional problems, and the therapy and medication that they require. At the same time, Hornbacher reveals how the Twelve Steps can offer insights, spiritual sustenance, and practical guidance to enhance stability for those who truly have to approach sanity and sobriety one day at a time.

Download or read book Hope Shared written by Melissa R. Plank CPSS and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2023-12-13 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By sharing my lived experiences and formal education, I desire to help others achieve recovery throughout the individual's process of gaining control over their own life and the direction they want it to go.